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Dogs who break through walls while playing are shocked when they realise what they have done. 😂 pic.twitter.com/0J1V7Ax2kL
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) November 12, 2025

He lives on a farm with three Golden Retrievers and an army of Labradors, and this is what happens every time he arrives. pic.twitter.com/MeowcA2YO0
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) November 11, 2025

A meteor seen from a plane pic.twitter.com/3Mb9Hq8wwx
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 13, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 14, 2025 07:22 PM (b8y1m)

2
Hello

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:22 PM (3ek7K)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2025 07:25 PM (+qU29)

4 Korb dumped because of his past political contributions to Democrats. These donations included several thousand dollars to former Rhode Island Governor and Biden Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, from 2013 to 2019.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 07:25 PM (2IDgU)

5 Raimondo?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 14, 2025 07:25 PM (b8y1m)

6 Why have river otters been accepted as being evil, but not penguins?

Answer: There's no Big River Otter.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, a mid-tier AoSHQ commenter, according to Grok at November 14, 2025 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

7 Just the thought of sitting around a table drinking with fourseasons, ChristyBlinky, tcn and Madamemayhem would be a delight.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 14, 2025 07:28 PM (zzXla)

8 There's probably a kaiju in the vicinity of that lightning storm.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 14, 2025 07:30 PM (5yDGQ)

9 He lives on a farm with three Golden Retrievers and an army of Labradors, and this is what happens every time he arrives. pic.twitter.com/MeowcA2YO0

— The Figen (@TheFigen_) November 11, 2025

There are *four* Golden Retrievers!

(One of them, along with at least one Black Lab, head over behind the tree on the right, presumably for a little romantic tet-a-tet.)

Posted by: Jean-Luc Picard at November 14, 2025 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

10 There’s a cute story on BBC about Caterpillar, the baby sea otter.

https://tinyurl.com/yhx8a378

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2025 07:31 PM (pUOWF)

11 >Not a huricana but some kind of cyclone move.

Bro is out before he hits the mat.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2025 07:31 PM (GTqXr)

12

Ben,

I look forward to hanging out with you all.

Hopefully we can all join you at the 11th meet up.

It will be a hoot.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:31 PM (3ek7K)

13 Experts have announced that the airspeed of a coconut laden penguin is determined by the caliber and powder load used.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 14, 2025 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

14 n0

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at November 14, 2025 07:33 PM (jrgJz)

15
Hey. Yo.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2025 07:34 PM (tgvbd)

16 6 Why have river otters been accepted as being evil, but not penguins?

Answer: There's no Big River Otter. - Duncanthrax

Ok, amigo, you don't want a helicopter ride? Bueno, then I invite you to visit our soccer stadium in Santiago. Plenty of walls. I mean room. Heh. Plenty of room.

Posted by: Gen. Augusto Penguinochet at November 14, 2025 07:36 PM (mADJX)

17 Oh, man, could have been first, but instead I spent fifteen minutes trying to get twitter vids to play.

That meteor from the plane, very cool.

Posted by: t-bird at November 14, 2025 07:37 PM (JpKcK)

18 visit our soccer stadium in Santiago"

Home of penguin chile...

Posted by: man at November 14, 2025 07:37 PM (XuXeR)

19
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Canadian Valley KC show. In his last 21 shows, TBD has been Best of Breed 19 times. Looks, apparently, trump brains.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2025 07:38 PM (tgvbd)

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Do we have enough helicopters? Lots of assholes need a ride.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:38 PM (3ek7K)

21 fourseasons, the dates are set for the MoMe.

October 16/ 17 2026

Posted by: Ben Had at November 14, 2025 07:40 PM (zzXla)

22 Now departing, platform one, all stations east.

Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at November 14, 2025 07:40 PM (xTinh)

23

WTG Big Dummy!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:40 PM (3ek7K)

24 Yay! Pick up a new (actually pretty old) set of wheels tomorrow. Scored an oldie but goodie pickup. I had the funds and credit to go with a new car, but I like looking at clear titles and hate payments. The neighbor has been letting me use an extra car since the wreck, so there was no rush and it paid off.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 07:40 PM (gm9Sb)

25 "Meteor." Yeah, right.

We all know it's the scout ships from the Zorkon fleet.

Posted by: UFOlogist at November 14, 2025 07:41 PM (IBQGV)

26 Do we have enough helicopters? Lots of assholes need a ride.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:38 PM (3ek7K)
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During the Spanish Civil War, Franco gave captured Republican troops two choices: go to the labor camps, or join his army. The deal was simple: if you join army, do your duty and survive the war, your record will be expunged and you will be an honored veteran.

Stay in the camps, and you'll always be watched. Tens of thousands chose the army.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:41 PM (ZOv7s)

27 We adopted a rescue pup a few weeks ago. Some sort of doxxie, chihuahua mix - a chiweenie if you please. She is 10 pounds of of puppy chaos.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2025 07:41 PM (GTqXr)

28
Thank you Ben!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:42 PM (3ek7K)

29 Hope no chemicals in that dog spraying

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2025 07:42 PM (+qU29)

30 These evil river otters enjoyed the FA phase, but not the FO phase. This had better not be AI.

Oook!!!! Ook, ook, ook!!!

Posted by: The Librarian at November 14, 2025 07:43 PM (Wnv9h)

31 Actually it’s The Guardian.

Have BBC on my brain since Ace’s post.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2025 07:44 PM (TpTQ4)

32 October 16/ 17 2026
Posted by: Ben Had at November 14, 2025 07:40 PM

*makes note in calendar*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2025 07:44 PM (Wnv9h)

33 I find myself plagued by an anxious fear that I haven't been shamelessly promoting my military history of China, Walls of Men, enough.

There may be Morons out there who don't even know about it. I mean, I lay it on thick, but I've not been online as much of late. What if people are watching China's collapsing bridges, their navy stepping on its own dick, and they have no idea what is really going on?

It keeps me up at night.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:44 PM (ZOv7s)

34 Given the bright green color, I’ll bet the meteor was space junk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 07:44 PM (GxM4+)

35 During the Spanish Civil War, Franco gave captured Republican troops two choices: go to the labor camps, or join his army. The deal was simple: if you join army, do your duty and survive the war, your record will be expunged and you will be an honored veteran.

Stay in the camps, and you'll always be watched. Tens of thousands chose the army.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:41 PM (ZOv7s)

Did any of the "Republicans" that elected to join Franco's army desert, and go back to the Commie lines?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 07:45 PM (npFr7)

36 I am surprised that dog could punch a hole like that.

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2025 07:45 PM (+qU29)

37 The guy with the Goldens and Labs is like what I always wanted to do but with Yorkies. Had 5 Yorkies at one time and it was a treasure to watch them scamper all over the place in a herd formation.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 14, 2025 07:45 PM (0714D)

38 We all know it's the scout ships from the Zorkon fleet.
Posted by: UFOlogist at November 14, 2025 07:41 PM (IBQGV)
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Is that the race from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who determined to wage war on earth but due to a catastrophic error in sale, the entire warfleet was swallowed by a small dog?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)

39
Heavy,

We have a rescue pup who is Chihuahua and Corgi.

We were blessed with her 5 months ago.

She rules the house, must to the chagrin of our Shih Tzu.

We are crazy about her.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:47 PM (3ek7K)

40 During the Spanish Civil War, Franco gave captured Republican troops two choices: go to the labor camps, or join his army. The deal was simple: if you join army, do your duty and survive the war, your record will be expunged and you will be an honored veteran.

Stay in the camps, and you'll always be watched. Tens of thousands chose the army.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:41 PM (ZOv7s)

I believe Ghengis Khan did much the same thing with the other Mongol tribes he conquered. Although I think his option for not joining was a bit more harsh.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 07:48 PM (GxM4+)

41 If your dogs aren't happy to see you, there is something wrong. And little kids are fun to watch as they explore their world. Two little things that make life worth living.

Posted by: Case at November 14, 2025 07:49 PM (9HFDU)

42 That Chinese semi is awesome. I bet if Jack Burton had thought of it, he'd have done his truck up that way.

Posted by: Paco at November 14, 2025 07:49 PM (mADJX)

43 37 In the last unit I was in a MSgt and his tiny Japanese wife had a half dozen Dachshunds. She would pull into the detachment parking lot with all of them in the van and it was like the circus coming to town.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 07:49 PM (gm9Sb)

44
Case,

Yes!!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:50 PM (3ek7K)

45 Did any of the "Republicans" that elected to join Franco's army desert, and go back to the Commie lines?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 07:45 PM (npFr7)
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Unlikely. The Reds had a habit of executing 'fascists' and as the war progressed, it was becoming obvious who was going to win.

This was one of the areas where Franco showed his shrewdness - yes, "take no prisoners" increases the terror value, but giving people an easy way out also means they're more willing to quit.

When he conquered northern Spain in 1937, Franco added more troops to his army than he lost.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:50 PM (ZOv7s)

46 The Critical Drinker has reviewed the Running Man remake. It is about as good as the Total Recall and Robocop remakes.
youtu.be/i28UEoLXVFQ

Posted by: gKWVE at November 14, 2025 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

47 27 We adopted a rescue pup a few weeks ago. Some sort of doxxie, chihuahua mix - a chiweenie if you please. She is 10 pounds of of puppy chaos.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2025 07:41 PM (GTqXr)

Congratulations. Send a picture for the Pet Thread.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 14, 2025 07:51 PM (zPjZn)

48 >She rules the house, must to the chagrin of our Shih Tzu.

We are crazy about her.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 07:47 PM (3ek7K)

Our new puppers comes to us after our black lab of 15 years passed in July. He was also a rescue. Mrs Meta wanted a fun size pup. She is all of that and more. The only downside is our cat is pretty much no bueno with a puppy.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2025 07:51 PM (GTqXr)

49 I believe Ghengis Khan did much the same thing with the other Mongol tribes he conquered. Although I think his option for not joining was a bit more harsh.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 07:48 PM (GxM4+)
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Lots of conquerors did the "join me, and you'll share in the spoils; fight me and I will piss on the skulls of your dead children after raping your wife."

It was quite effective.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:52 PM (ZOv7s)

50 Why have river otters been accepted as being evil, but not penguins?

Answer: There's no Big River Otter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax, a mid-tier AoSHQ commenter, according to Grok at November 14, 2025 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

The greatest trick Big River Otter ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.

Posted by: Aquatic wheels within wheels at November 14, 2025 07:52 PM (TbWk/)

51
There may be Morons out there who don't even know about it. I mean, I lay it on thick, but I've not been online as much of late.

_________

Just bought it. Like two minutes ago. Will it answer the question: is the PRC just another in the long line of dynasties, subject to the same historical cycles and also destined for a fall?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2025 07:53 PM (tgvbd)

52 Just saw a See BS headline "New Mainers may lose CDLs".

"New Mainers"

"New" Mainers.

Odd way to spell "illegal aliens".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2025 07:53 PM (Wnv9h)

53 Dogs who break through walls while playing are shocked when they realise what they have done. 😂
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That lab definitely knows it's not supposed to be that way. Both of them completely calm down.

Posted by: Axeman at November 14, 2025 07:53 PM (krQz2)

54 45 There's a pretty much pro commie movie about the aftermath of the Spanish civil war, "Behold a Pale Horse". Gregory Peck is an old Republican that refuses surrender, Anthony Quinn is a top dog officer in the Guardia Civil (noted for festive hats).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 07:54 PM (gm9Sb)

55 The Critical Drinker has reviewed the Running Man remake. It is about as good as the Total Recall and Robocop remakes.
youtu.be/i28UEoLXVFQ
Posted by: gKWVE at November 14, 2025 07:51 PM (gKWVE)
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Remakes are as old as Hollywood, but some movies aren't really worthy of it. Ahnuld and Richard Dawson kind of make that movie. To have the "Family Feud" guy doing a deathmatch thing was meta in a way modern audiences just do not grasp.

You can't catch lightning in a bottle twice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

56 There's a pretty much pro commie movie about the aftermath of the Spanish civil war, "Behold a Pale Horse". Gregory Peck is an old Republican that refuses surrender, Anthony Quinn is a top dog officer in the Guardia Civil (noted for festive hats).
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 07:54 PM (gm9Sb)
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It is axiomatic that ALL cinematic treatments of the Spanish Civil War are anti-Franco. It was an embattled democracy! (Controlled by Moscow)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:56 PM (ZOv7s)

57 I am surprised that dog could punch a hole like that.
Posted by: Skip

I'm not. It's a pretty big dog, playing rough and not paying attention to what it's doing, and drywall isn't as tough as people think it is.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 14, 2025 07:56 PM (a+4eV)

58 This was one of the areas where Franco showed his shrewdness - yes, "take no prisoners" increases the terror value, but giving people an easy way out also means they're more willing to quit. - A.H. Lloyd

Yes, I have found that this is a good tactic. We have brought many former penguinoclasts into the fold with it. Arriba Antarctica!

[In all seriousness, A.H: I purchased and read your book on the Spanish Civil War not long ago; very good, highly recommended - Paco]

Posted by: El Penguinissimo at November 14, 2025 07:58 PM (mADJX)

59
Think if Mussolini had been as shrewd as Franco, realized that the Italian Army was in no shape for operations and stayed out of WWII. His historical reputation would have been far different.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2025 07:58 PM (tgvbd)

60 56 At least Stalin gave the Republicans airplanes that resembled something out of a Muppet movie. Hitler gave Franco the Ju52 and the Condor Legion.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 07:59 PM (gm9Sb)

61 Just bought it. Like two minutes ago. Will it answer the question: is the PRC just another in the long line of dynasties, subject to the same historical cycles and also destined for a fall?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2025 07:53 PM (tgvbd)
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I think that by the time you get to the current day, the parallels are pretty clear.

Just as the signature aspect of Long Live Death is explaining that Franco was actually a gifted and shrewd commander, Walls of Men's big thing is the "Three Generations Problem," which is that China lacks a military caste, but in times of war, military men emerge.

As soon as the war is over, however, their sons want to be rich and decadent. Thus, the first generation is the conqueror. The second generation is the son who remembers fighting and still kind of likes it. But the third generation has grown up in luxury and comfort, and cares nothing for it. I see no reason to believe that cycle has ended.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)

62 I see no reason to believe that cycle has ended.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Do tell.

Posted by: Ibn Khaldun at November 14, 2025 08:02 PM (gKWVE)

63 Think if Mussolini had been as shrewd as Franco, realized that the Italian Army was in no shape for operations and stayed out of WWII. His historical reputation would have been far different.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2025 07:58 PM (tgvbd)
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Franco was waaay smarter than Mussolini in this respect. He was officially neutral, but made bank selling guns to Hitler. Also accepted Allied bribes of grain.

Mussolini should have done likewise, but he had an ego and figured he'd score some easy wins. Instead he got a lamp post.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)

64 _________

Just bought it. Like two minutes ago. Will it answer the question: is the PRC just another in the long line of dynasties, subject to the same historical cycles and also destined for a fall?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Interesting. Xi's reluctance to advance on Taiwan during our weakest moments (Biden) is telling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:03 PM (2IDgU)

65 56 There's a pretty much pro commie movie about the aftermath of the Spanish civil war, "Behold a Pale Horse". Gregory Peck is an old Republican that refuses surrender, Anthony Quinn is a top dog officer in the Guardia Civil (noted for festive hats).
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 07:54 PM (gm9Sb)

Yes, Hollywood romanticized the Spanish Republic, which became even easier, I suppose, after it collapsed. I very highly recommend, as a corrective, Jose Gironella's novel, The Cypresses Believe in God. It strikes me as an accurate and even-handed treatment of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

Posted by: El Penguinissimo at November 14, 2025 08:03 PM (mADJX)

66 his was one of the areas where Franco showed his shrewdness - yes, "take no prisoners" increases the terror value, but...

Come take our jobs, homes, schools, welfare, medical care, and Social Security, driver's licenses, and tax credits or we won't give them to you!

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 14, 2025 08:04 PM (JpKcK)

67 When I was a kid in Billings, MT, we were outside playing kick the can (an elaborate form of hide and seek), and I saw a huge meteor fly overhead. No sound, but it was big. I thought it was a plane auguring in or something. Of course, none of my friends saw it. It was 1974.

Yeas later I saw, in an astronomy book, a photo of a huge meteor flying over the Tetons. I really think it was the same one. It was apparently a very large object that skimmed the atmosphere and bounced away.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 14, 2025 08:05 PM (0aYVJ)

68 That lab definitely knows it's not supposed to be that way. Both of them completely calm down.
Posted by: Axeman at November 14, 2025 07:53 PM (krQz2)

"Mom's gonna kill you for that"
"What do you mean me?"

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 08:06 PM (rbvCR)

69 At least Stalin gave the Republicans airplanes that resembled something out of a Muppet movie. Hitler gave Franco the Ju52 and the Condor Legion.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 07:59 PM (gm9Sb)
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Hitler gave Franco all of his HE 112 fighters, which lost out to the ME 109. The ME 109 got serious product improvement in Spain, and the Condor Legion used regular rotations of pilots and ground crews to "veteranize" the Luftwaffe. You want to know why they kicked ass so hard in WW II for a service that was only six year old? Spain.

Most of Spain's aircraft came from Italy. A huge amount of Italian artillery was also gifted to Franco.

Stalin sent aircraft that were so badly built that they literally grounded all of them and had to have mechanics fix them because they fell apart during flight. Naturally, this was described as "sabotage."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:06 PM (ZOv7s)

70 Come take our jobs, homes, schools, welfare, medical care, and Social Security, driver's licenses, and tax credits or we won't give them to you!
Posted by: Joe Biden at November 14, 2025 08:04 PM (JpKcK)
Almost perfect crime.

Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2025 08:07 PM (LHPAg)

71
Someone's going to come home and that white and red dog is going to get all the blame.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2025 08:08 PM (tgvbd)

72 And the turtle shall lie down with the cat. I think that's in the Bible.

Posted by: Paco at November 14, 2025 08:08 PM (mADJX)

73 Interesting. Xi's reluctance to advance on Taiwan during our weakest moments (Biden) is telling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:03 PM (2IDgU)
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Japan's new PM has said that an invasion of Taiwan is an "existential threat" to Japan.

Japanese minelayers are now doing exercises to let the Chicoms know how screwed they are.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)

74 China taking over Taiwan was my top pick at the beginning of the Auto-Pen administration. No idea why with a man in the Whitehouse that China couldn't do that.

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2025 08:11 PM (+qU29)

75 "Interesting. Xi's reluctance to advance on Taiwan during our weakest moments (Biden) is telling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:03 PM (2IDgU) "

I think he was waiting for the even weaker harris administration.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 14, 2025 08:11 PM (5+Otm)

76 69 I read somewhere that Franco should have erected a monument to the Ju52. It was that airplane that got troops from Morocco into the fight and gave the Loyalists momentum.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 08:11 PM (gm9Sb)

77 And unto the third generation

>>>As soon as the war is over, however, their sons want to be rich and decadent. Thus, the first generation is the conqueror. The second generation is the son who remembers fighting and still kind of likes it. But the third generation has grown up in luxury and comfort, and cares nothing for it. I see no reason to believe that cycle has ended.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Winston Churchill said we shall fight them on the beaches; his grandson Rupert Soames set up the highly lucrative business model whereby we welcome them on the beaches ...and then usher them to taxpayer-funded four-star hotels with three meals a day and complimentary cellphone. That's the story of the post-war west in three generations of one family.
_M.Steyn

Twentyith century immigrants into America; first generation spoke no English, second generation spoke both English and their parents native tongue, third generation could understand their grandparents but could not speak the language.
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It has to be fought for and defended by each generation.” _Ronald Reagan

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:12 PM (2IDgU)

78 No idea why with a man in the Whitehouse that China couldn't do that.
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2025 08:11 PM (+qU29)

Not as easy as flipping a light switch.

Plus, I think Ukraine scared them shitless. And Taiwan is in a better defensive position.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 08:13 PM (zZu0s)

79 When I was a kid in Billings, MT, we were outside playing kick the can (an elaborate form of hide and seek), and I saw a huge meteor fly overhead. No sound, but it was big. I thought it was a plane auguring in or something.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 14, 2025 08:05 PM (0aYVJ)
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A single-engine plane augured in next to my mothers' townhouse. I heard it flying over head, and then there was this ominous change of pitch, and it sounded like those WW II films with the dive bombers, and then I saw a wing, the sound of a lawnmower and WHACK!

The whole building shuddered. I ran outside and there was a smell of fuel and a long trail of wreckage parallel to the complex. If the guy had shifted a couple of yards to the west, I might not be here now. He apparently had a heart attack while flying.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:13 PM (ZOv7s)

80 13 Experts have announced that the airspeed of a coconut laden penguin is determined by the caliber and powder load used. - Penguin Facts

I understand that, in addition to other controversial positions he has adopted, Tucker Carlson is now giving a platform to penguinoclasts. "Just asking questions", supposedly.

Posted by: Paco at November 14, 2025 08:13 PM (mADJX)

81 Chine likes to invade from the inside.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2025 08:14 PM (g47mK)

82 "New Mainers"
Darod, Dir, Hawiye, Rahanweyn, Isaaq?

Posted by: man at November 14, 2025 08:14 PM (XuXeR)

83 China taking over Taiwan was my top pick at the beginning of the Auto-Pen administration. No idea why with a man in the Whitehouse that China couldn't do that.
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2025 08:11 PM (+qU29)
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I wrote Walls of Men as an attempt to warn people of what was coming and then...nothing.

I think Xi missed his chance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:15 PM (ZOv7s)

84 Twentieth. Whatever. Andrew Jackson said that a man who couldn't spell a word two or three different ways wasn't very creative.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:15 PM (2IDgU)

85 I read somewhere that Franco should have erected a monument to the Ju52. It was that airplane that got troops from Morocco into the fight and gave the Loyalists momentum.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 08:11 PM (gm9Sb)
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There were other aircraft involved. Basically everything that could fly was used, and that goes to Franco's boldness and innovation. Once it became clear that the Navy was immobilized (at the behest of the Republican government, the sailors murdered their officers), Franco actually sealifted troops across the straits.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:17 PM (ZOv7s)

86 I wrote Walls of Men as an attempt to warn people of what was coming and then...nothing.

I think Xi missed his chance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Maybe he didn't read your book?

Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2025 08:18 PM (LHPAg)

87 I think Xi missed his chance."

All we are saying,
is give Xi a chance...

Posted by: man at November 14, 2025 08:18 PM (XuXeR)

88 Chine likes to invade from the inside.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2025 08:14 PM (g47mK)
---
China's greatest threat is always an internal one. That is still true today. If Xi created a Joint Forces Commander to supervise the conquest of Taiwan, he may just as easily take over the country.

China's military command structure is deeply fractured for that reason, which is a great way to keep your military from having any kind of cohesion.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

89 Maybe he didn't read your book?
Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2025 08:18 PM (LHPAg)
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Truly a failing that many people suffer from.

If Biden had only read "The Vampires of Michigan," he'd be the second George Washington today (albeit a vampire).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 14, 2025 08:20 PM (ZOv7s)

90
🥧

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2025 08:22 PM (Me7gi)

91 If a piece of that meteor lands, its actually called a meteorite.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 14, 2025 08:23 PM (A0sqA)

92
Amazing how, no matter what, we all turn into our father or mother.

I catch a glimpse of myself walking by a mirror and it's not me, it's Dad. Same build, same posture, etc.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2025 08:24 PM (Me7gi)

93 I've always questioned if China really intended to invade Taiwan. If their economy is bad an invasion would set off chaos then sanctions , not to mention the Taiwanese fighting like crazy.
Fire a couple of missiles into the Three Gorges and war over.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2025 08:24 PM (bfwj/)

94 This is stolen from someone far more erudite than I

When Von Neumann said, "Life is like poker, not chess," he was wrong. Life is like neither poker nor chess. It's like D&D.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 08:25 PM (rbvCR)

95 91 If a piece of that meteor lands, its actually called a meteorite.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 14, 2025 08:23 PM (A0sqA)
Airline bottle of ValueRite.

Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2025 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

96 I am proudly boycotting Starbucks in support of the people. Nah, only had the burnt slop twice in my life and it sucks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 08:26 PM (gm9Sb)

97 There is an interesting memoir by a Nationalist pilot in the Spanish Civil War, Jose Larios, entitled Combat Over Spain (MacMillan, 1966). Out of print, I'm pretty sure, but worth a read if you can find it.

Posted by: Paco at November 14, 2025 08:28 PM (mADJX)

98 97 War movies from the late 60s and early seventies were pretty cool in that you could rent the Spanish Air Force, still flying their BF109s and Heinkels, and rent the Yugoslavian Army, which had a bunch of WW2 stuff in inventory.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 08:31 PM (gm9Sb)

99
Presidential Trivia

Which Vice Presidents, if any, served under two presidents?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2025 08:31 PM (Me7gi)

100 Hey. I have a medical-adjacent question.
I need to buy a glucometer. Went to the pharmacy and was overwhelmed by the wall of choices.
Different styles, different brands -- ugh.
Anybody here have a recommendation?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 14, 2025 08:32 PM (+4S8X)

101 Tucker Carlson's latest exposé is sending shockwaves through MAGA circles after the former Fox News host suggested that Trump's failed assassin, Thomas Crooks, may be connected to a foreign terror group.

During the final phase in 2020 of Crook's YouTube commenting, the shooter began interacting with a suspicious user 'Willy_Tepes' who appeared to encourage Crooks to commit political violence.

Carlson claims that Tepes's name is listed on a foreign Antifa website connecting him to the Nordic Resistance Movement - a neo-Nazi group based in Scandinavia which has been designated a terrorist organization by the State Department.

Posted by: SMOD at November 14, 2025 08:33 PM (GITLP)

102 TecumsehTea, I use a One Touch. It is compact, easy to use and the test strips are about $21 a package if you buy the Walmart generic brand

Also read up on what can skew your readings before you get worked up about a high reading.
I was told the meters are accurate +/- 10 points

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

103 ESPN and YouTube worked it out because ESPN is back.

Posted by: Accomack at November 14, 2025 08:36 PM (9H7EW)

104 101 Tucker Carlson's latest exposé is sending shockwaves through MAGA circles after the former Fox News host suggested that Trump's failed assassin, Thomas Crooks, may be connected to a foreign terror group.

During the final phase in 2020 of Crook's YouTube commenting, the shooter began interacting with a suspicious user 'Willy_Tepes' who appeared to encourage Crooks to commit political violence.

Carlson claims that Tepes's name is listed on a foreign Antifa website connecting him to the Nordic Resistance Movement - a neo-Nazi group based in Scandinavia which has been designated a terrorist organization by the State Department.
Posted by: SMOD

(whispers) It's not sending shockwaves through MAGA circles.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 14, 2025 08:38 PM (pLaQB)

105 In passing on the JU52 research:

(Tri-Motor) Ford's [overall] reputation lent credibility to the infant aviation and airline industries, and he helped introduce many aspects of the modern aviation infrastructure, including paved runways, passenger terminals, hangars, airmail, and radio navigation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:39 PM (2IDgU)

106 Carlson claims that Tepes's name is listed on a foreign Antifa website connecting him to the Nordic Resistance Movement - a neo-Nazi group based in Scandinavia which has been designated a terrorist organization by the State Department.
Posted by: SMOD at November 14, 2025 08:33 PM (GITLP)

So Democrats, then?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 08:40 PM (npFr7)

107 Kindltot, thank you.
And for the advice.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 14, 2025 08:40 PM (+4S8X)

108 Evening all

Posted by: rickb223 at November 14, 2025 08:41 PM (D1kEJ)

109 Tucker has been busy. Manic, even. I wonder what he's on.

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2025 08:41 PM (vFG9F)

110 He apparently had a heart attack while flying.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

And yet, his Death Certificate stated "Covid" as cause of Death.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2025 08:41 PM (cYBz/)

111 105 Not wishing to put down the Ford Trimotor or Tante JU, the cockpit noise must have been insane with those big rotaries in front of you.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 08:41 PM (gm9Sb)

112 103 ESPN and YouTube worked it out because ESPN is back.
Posted by: Accomack

Well, good. I was mostly concerned about April. ESPN has the first two rounds of The Masters.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 14, 2025 08:43 PM (pLaQB)

113 I think Norway probably needs some resistance . Gee, not wanting hordes of people coming into your country who support Islam is of course fascist/ / sarc. And why on earth would a pro Norway group want to assasinate Trump? He's not the one advocating they be overrun .

Everyday that passes I get more fed up with Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2025 08:44 PM (T/n61)

114 Presidential Trivia

Which Vice Presidents, if any, served under two presidents?
Posted by: Soothsayer

Dunno. But I do know that one Vice President served under the Mayor of San Francisco (a lot!).

Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2025 08:44 PM (cYBz/)

115 I've seen so many Dogs & Babies shorts lately, I'm beginning to suspect they all or mostly may be AI, like the plethora of fabricated "porch pirate revenge" videos.

That one of the husky and cooing baby is cute, regardless.

Looking at the meteors vid, I just start wondering how long it will be before some serious damage is done by space crap not fully burning up in the atmosphere, like that recent Russian exploding meteor was just a taste.

Posted by: mindful webworker - all Belgian Malinois superdog videos are real, though at November 14, 2025 08:45 PM (vBt7m)

116 96 I am proudly boycotting Starbucks in support of the people. Nah, only had the burnt slop twice in my life and it sucks.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna
------------

Can't boycott them, never crossed their threshold.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:45 PM (2IDgU)

117 111 105 Not wishing to put down the Ford Trimotor or Tante JU, the cockpit noise must have been insane with those big rotaries in front of you.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 08:41 PM (gm9Sb
Pilots always everywhere say ‘what was that you said?’.

Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2025 08:46 PM (LHPAg)

118 Dang. I was thinking $3 billion, but yeah, sure.

@LeadingReport 37m
BREAKING: President Trump is officially suing BBC for up to $5 billion.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 14, 2025 08:46 PM (mlg/3)

119 >>>Plus, I think Ukraine scared them shitless. And Taiwan is in a better defensive position.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Ukraine is a big country and the people are tough.
Surprised they haven't killed SFB Zelensky yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:47 PM (2IDgU)

120 116 Airport, captive, would have settled for McDonalds (actually pretty good).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 14, 2025 08:47 PM (gm9Sb)

121 BREAKING: President Trump is officially suing BBC for up to $5 billion

Good. That was really a heinous thing to do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2025 08:47 PM (T/n61)

122 Ha! I was off by 3 billion! so I was close!

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2025 08:48 PM (g47mK)

123 Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’

Posted by: SMOD at November 14, 2025 08:49 PM (GITLP)

124

PepsiCo announced that starting next month, customers can purchase products such as Cheetos and Doritos that don’t contain artificial dyes

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2025 08:50 PM (pkeXY)

125
Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
Posted by: SMOD

Were you listening to Tony?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2025 08:51 PM (pkeXY)

126 ...
Everyday that passes I get more fed up with Tucker Carlson.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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We're watching him disassemble in realtime.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:53 PM (2IDgU)

127 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:53 PM (2IDgU)

It's so weird. It's like some sudden onset severe mental illness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2025 08:55 PM (xY6Tn)

128 Lede story on ABC Evening News?

Trump fighting the release of the Epstein files.
Too bad they don’t include the commissioned painting of Bill Clinton in the Blue Dress. The one that hangs in Epsteins apartment.

How terrified Trump is of the release. How Republicans are “nervous.”

I wonder if Trump is playing this so the release not only exhonorates him but implicates dozens of democrats and their donors.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2025 08:55 PM (mT+6a)

129 Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
Posted by: SMOD

++++++

Years ago Maverick McCain said Americans cannot pick lettuce, not even for $40.00 an hour.

He was heckled.
It did phase the elitest POS.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2025 08:55 PM (/lPRQ)

130
Dealerships can't find Wrenches because they Don't.Want.To.Pay.

You know what's killing the Dealership Service Department? The fuckface Service Dept. Manager. These managers squeeze the customer dry and then pay their Wrenches peanuts.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2025 08:55 PM (Me7gi)

131 PepsiCo announced that starting next month, customers can purchase products such as Cheetos and Doritos that don’t contain artificial dyes

But that is in no way an admission of guilt that we've been poisoning you for the last forty years!

Posted by: PepsiCo at November 14, 2025 08:57 PM (JpKcK)

132 >>>You know what's killing the Dealership Service Department? The fuckface Service Dept. Manager. These managers squeeze the customer dry and then pay their Wrenches peanuts.

Posted by: Soothsayer
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You know what flat rate is, today?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 08:58 PM (2IDgU)

133 Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
Posted by: SMOD

=====

How is that idiot still a CEO?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 14, 2025 08:59 PM (8AONa)

134 Evening, People of the Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at November 14, 2025 08:59 PM (LVaYG)

135 Cheetos without the cheesy color will just be Eetos.

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2025 08:59 PM (vFG9F)

136 They've been making a "Naturals" variety of some of the snack foods for years -- the white cheddar cheetos are pretty good, actually. If you like *healthy* junk food.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 14, 2025 09:03 PM (+4S8X)

137 Dealerships can't find Wrenches because they Don't.Want.To.Pay.

You know what's killing the Dealership Service Department? The fuckface Service Dept. Manager. These managers squeeze the customer dry and then pay their Wrenches peanuts.

Posted by: Soothsayer

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Any ethical mechanic stays away from those places.

So do I unless it is a recall or warranty issue... and the fuckers still try to upcharge you, even if you tell them " this and nothing else"....

... according to our maintenance records you never changed your cabin air filters. Only $100.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2025 09:03 PM (/lPRQ)

138
Husband and grandkids love all that fake powdered cheese crap. I want to barf watching them eat it.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 09:03 PM (3ek7K)

139 I’ve been eating new crop (this year) pecans. Healthy.

Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2025 09:05 PM (LHPAg)

140 123 Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
Posted by: SMOD

Is there a reason why I'm EXTREMELY skeptical of this?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 14, 2025 09:08 PM (pLaQB)

141 Dealerships can't find Wrenches because they Don't.Want.To.Pay.

You know what's killing the Dealership Service Department? The fuckface Service Dept. Manager. These managers squeeze the customer dry and then pay their Wrenches peanuts.

Posted by: Soothsayer

Saw that Ford CEO comment on Facebook. 1st comment was from a mechanic saying he applied. Had 13 years experience and they only wanted to start him at $17 flat rate.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 14, 2025 09:08 PM (D1kEJ)

142 It's so weird. It's like some sudden onset severe mental illness.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2025 08:55 PM (xY6Tn)

Have you watched him, or is this reflection on what others are saying?
I doubt ace watches Tucker, not from his hot takes.

I am so old I remember when Jay Bhattacharya was a traitor to medical science based on what someone else told me.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:09 PM (rbvCR)

143
Had 13 years experience and they only wanted to start him at $17 flat rate.
Posted by: rickb223

Yeah, and they want to own ALL the tools.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2025 09:09 PM (Me7gi)

144 I wonder if Trump is playing this so the release not only exhonorates him but implicates dozens of democrats and their donors.
Posted by: nurse ratched

He definitely is. That's his MO.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 14, 2025 09:10 PM (D1kEJ)

145
Saw that Ford CEO comment on Facebook. 1st comment was from a mechanic saying he applied. Had 13 years experience and they only wanted to start him at $17 flat rate.
Posted by: rickb223
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Ford used to take care of its people. Hiring people like Farley is the clue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:11 PM (2IDgU)

146 Saw that Ford CEO comment on Facebook. 1st comment was from a mechanic saying he applied. Had 13 years experience and they only wanted to start him at $17 flat rate.
Posted by: rickb223

I have seen signs on local businesses offering about that for entry level work.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2025 09:11 PM (/lPRQ)

147 " ... $17 flat rate. ... "

ridiculous.

Kwik-Trip is paying that.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 14, 2025 09:13 PM (5+Otm)

148
I am so old I remember when Jay Bhattacharya was a traitor to medical science based on what someone else told me.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I'm judging from his choice of interviewees. It seems they all skew one way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:13 PM (2IDgU)

149 >>I wonder if Trump is playing this so the release not only exhonorates him but implicates dozens of democrats and their donors.

Given the latest release of documents show USVI Delegate @StaceyPlaskett was getting texts from Epstein giving her questions to ask during the Michael Cohen hearings in Congress I'd say pretty likely.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 14, 2025 09:14 PM (viF8m)

150 >>> Hey. I have a medical-adjacent question.
I need to buy a glucometer. Went to the pharmacy and was overwhelmed by the wall of choices.
Different styles, different brands -- ugh.
Anybody here have a recommendation?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 14, 2025 08:32 PM (+4S8X)

I bought the kind, from dexcom that you shoot into your side with a gun and then snap a bluetooth, transmitter to the spike you’ve shot in. You get a little device that shows your levels anytime. It was all too expensive even with insurance but I hate pricking my finger and thus got around it with that. It worked ok. But the high cost is you have to keep replacing the spike sensor. Yanking it out and shooting yourself again and each one is more money. Dr. said my levels are stable and low enough now to not need the monitoring.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2025 09:15 PM (k2ly0)

151 Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:09 PM

I used to listen to him years ago and I have seen brief clips of some of his latest stuff. I didn't actually see what he said about Norway and fascists. It sounds so bizarre I'd prefer not to see it which is a fault, I suppose.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2025 09:16 PM (IEV/x)

152 Mrs. F. already yelling about the Ducks its gonna be a long night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 14, 2025 09:17 PM (9ipOP)

153 >>I wonder if Trump is playing this so the release not only exhonorates him but implicates dozens of democrats and their donors.

I thought Trump very recently asked that Epstein - Donk relationships be investigated.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2025 09:17 PM (/lPRQ)

154 Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’

To our esteemed shareholders: please note that he does mean he will pay EACH mechanic $120k per year...

Posted by: Ford Accountant at November 14, 2025 09:17 PM (JpKcK)

155 Banana
Thanks for that info.
I don't think I am going to need one like that.
I just need to measure my blood sugar and see what is going on with hypoglycemic symptoms. Hoping this won't be a long-term kind of thing.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 14, 2025 09:19 PM (+4S8X)

156 I'm judging from his choice of interviewees. It seems they all skew one way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:13 PM (2IDgU)

Do you watch the interviews, or do you just take your marching orders from the "popular" opinion?

If you take your opinion from the consensus view, do you check to see how bot-driven that is? Do you even care, or do you just need to belong in the safety of the mob, secure that you won't be taken up next as a project?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:19 PM (rbvCR)

157 sigh

Posted by: w at November 14, 2025 09:24 PM (6DdQs)

158 is the hq banning guys for disagreeing now?

Posted by: w at November 14, 2025 09:25 PM (6DdQs)

159 >>>Do you watch the interviews, or do you just take your marching orders from the "popular" opinion?
------------

You know, it's shit observations like that diminish conversations into worthlessness.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:25 PM (2IDgU)

160 Re: The vid with the 3 golden retrievers and a billion labs: I'd hate to scoop their pen.

Also - I just listened to Roberta Flack's song Killing Me Softly. It has to be one of the sexiest songs ever.

Posted by: 496 at November 14, 2025 09:26 PM (8YzGs)

161 I used to listen to him years ago and I have seen brief clips of some of his latest stuff. I didn't actually see what he said about Norway and fascists. It sounds so bizarre I'd prefer not to see it which is a fault, I suppose.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2025 09:16 PM (IEV/x)

So you take other people's selected clips and figure that is enough for you to condemn him.

This is a wedge issue designed to control the future of the party, to cancel anyone discussing anything that might change MAGA, as ace so eloquently put it. Unfortunately he was for preventing the discussion, without discussing how he can escape the same fate, should he accidentally step outside that 3x5 note card of acceptable opinion

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:28 PM (rbvCR)

162 Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’

Rigged system. By the time you or I get our training to become a mechanic, there will be a glut on the market and I/you will be lucky to make a tenth of that.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 09:30 PM (xqw19)

163 is the hq banning guys for disagreeing now?
Posted by: w at November 14, 2025 09:25 PM (6DdQs)

Remember Covid?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:30 PM (rbvCR)

164 I confess I am bitter about jobs and employment after so many years of working for cheap bully assholes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 09:31 PM (xqw19)

165 You know, it's shit observations like that diminish conversations into worthlessness.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:25 PM (2IDgU)

Oh, you all think I am wrong so I should agree with you.

Congratulations you just won an Oxford debate.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:32 PM (rbvCR)

166 Congratulations you just won an Oxford debate.
Posted by: Kindltot
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The offense is not being correct or not on the subject.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:34 PM (2IDgU)

167 As I’ve said before, Tucker Carlson said in his own words out of his own mouth that I and my family are “heretics” and “some of the worst Christian’s in the world”. That right there was enough, it doesn’t matter that he praised the drug runner and Communist dictator Maduro, it doesn’t really matter that he got down on his knees and verbally fellatted Mamdani, or that now he believes that Chemtrails really are an evil Government plot by Trump. Whatever.
He’s done enough for me to always consider him a greater Traitor, and a far greater all around piece of shit than Bill Kristol or David French or Jeffrey Dahmer, for that matter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 09:35 PM (GxM4+)

168 Yeah, count me in with this pov:

- Tucker can talk to whomever he wants

- you can be pissed off as hell if you do not like what he or his guests are saying.

- Just talking to people or letting them speak is a far different thing than espousing their views.

- Tucker can be an asshole and still not be wrong for talking to people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:35 PM (zZu0s)

169 or Jeffrey Dahmer, for that matter.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 09:35 PM (GxM4+)

Was Dahmer a rock ribbed conservative at some point?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:36 PM (zZu0s)

170 w should be banned for being a crappy President. Shouldn't you be painting those lousy paintings? Go pull some weeds or something.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 14, 2025 09:36 PM (pLaQB)

171 I don’t hate and despise him for who he talked to. He can blow that little faggot Fuentes all night long if he wants. I hate him for the words he said himself.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 09:37 PM (GxM4+)

172 Dahmer was a Mondale 1984 guy, but less so than the clown was.
Ted Bundy was the Reaganaut.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 14, 2025 09:37 PM (gKWVE)

173 is the hq banning guys for disagreeing now?
Posted by: w at November 14, 2025 09:25 PM (6DdQs)

Always about how you do it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:37 PM (zZu0s)

174
Congratulations you just won an Oxford debate.
Posted by: Kindltot

Or a Towson debate:

https://youtu.be/fmO-ziHU_D8

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2025 09:37 PM (pkeXY)

175 Congratulations you just won an Oxford debate
--------
This will win an Oxford debate because there is no possible better answer...

Fresh baked homemade bread smells great and I just baked a homemade loaf of Oatmeal & Maple Syrup Bread so my house smells better than all of yours.

Plus, my toast in the morning is going to rock.

Ok...back to the arguments

Posted by: 496 at November 14, 2025 09:38 PM (sfOD1)

176 Also - I just listened to Roberta Flack's song Killing Me Softly. It has to be one of the sexiest songs ever.

Posted by: 496 at November 14, 2025 09:26 PM (8YzGs)

+1

The Fugees cover was quite good, but fuck that bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

177
Was Dahmer a rock ribbed conservative at some point?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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He preferred baby back ribs, roasted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:38 PM (2IDgU)

178 Was Dahmer a rock ribbed conservative at some point?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:36 PM (zZu0s)

I think he not only believed in ethnic cleansing, he put it into practice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 09:38 PM (GxM4+)

179 Dahmer was a Mondale 1984 guy, but less so than the clown was.
Ted Bundy was the Reaganaut.
Posted by: gKWVE at November 14, 2025 09:37 PM (gKWVE)

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:39 PM (zZu0s)

180
Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’

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What does he mean? People aren't applying? People apply but they're not qualified? Dude, I'm available! Will relocate!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2025 09:39 PM (n7CIX)

181 496, you know who the song Killing Me Softly is about, right? :-)

It's someone most listeners wouldn't expect, IMHO.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 09:39 PM (xqw19)

182 When Adolph Galland read the test pilots report of the P-51, he knew the Luftwaffe was toast.

Just a matter of time...

Posted by: Chuck U Schumer, life long criminal and scoundrel at November 14, 2025 09:39 PM (R/m4+)

183 "w" is just "n" with an extra stroke.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 09:39 PM (npFr7)

184 +1

The Fugees cover was quite good, but fuck that bitch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Her ability to destroy a promising solo career, all on her own, was impressive

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 14, 2025 09:40 PM (pLaQB)

185 Aetius, eff who? Lauren Hill (who I agree behaved like an entitled hoo-ah) or Roberta Flack?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 09:40 PM (xqw19)

186 He preferred baby back ribs, roasted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:38 PM (2IDgU)

I thought that was ed gein.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

187 Hill, Steve. Ms Flack was awesome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

188 He’s done enough for me to always consider him a greater Traitor, and a far greater all around piece of shit than Bill Kristol or David French or Jeffrey Dahmer, for that matter.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 09:35 PM (GxM4+)

Why do you care, then, do you listen to the crackhead the cops let break windows downtown too?
Or are you afraid he is going to corrupt others to think like him?

Do you think silencing people or scaring people from listening to wrong think is effective?
Did it work for the woke during covid?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (rbvCR)

189 "Hi, I'm Jeffrey Dahmer for Sweet Baby Ray's..."

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (xqw19)

190 Are you afraid he is right and you are wrong?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (rbvCR)

191 The Fugees cover was quite good, but fuck that bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2025 09:38 PM (zZu0s)
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It's an a amazing cover... I love it.

I will get banned from this site forever, but Shaggy's cover of Angel of the Morning is great too. Blasphemous, I know, but it's good

Posted by: 496 at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (sfOD1)

192 Okay, slight correction - Brave AI is telling me that Bundy was a Rockefeller Republican, not involved with the Reagan campaign. I don't know how he seasoned the people he'd killed though, I'm not much of a foodie

Posted by: gKWVE at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (gKWVE)

193 Aetius, I agree. Ruby Rose is going down the same path, just like Rachel Zegler.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (xqw19)

194 Funny thing on X today about Candace - Ana Kasparian, who is Cenk Uyghurs sidekick, said “wow Candace is suddenly starting to make a lot of sense! I’m going to start listening to her all the time!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 09:42 PM (GxM4+)

195 Qdp... no I dont know. Who?

Posted by: 496 at November 14, 2025 09:43 PM (sfOD1)

196 I will get banned from this site forever, but Shaggy's cover of Angel of the Morning is great too. Blasphemous, I know, but it's good
Posted by: 496 at November 14, 2025 09:41 PM (sfOD1)

BLASPHEMY!!!

Posted by: Juice Newton at November 14, 2025 09:43 PM (xqw19)

197 John Wayne Gacy was the one who posed for a picture with the Carter’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 09:43 PM (GxM4+)

198 >>>Or a Towson debate:

https://youtu.be/fmO-ziHU_D8
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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That's fantastic.
_Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 09:43 PM (2IDgU)

199 496:
Killing Me Softly is about... folk-rocker Don McLean. The "American Pie" and "Vincent" guy.

You would think Roberta et al were singing about someone like Isaac Hayes instead, but they weren't. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 09:44 PM (xqw19)

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